Twitter has disclosed that Russian-backed accounts spent $1,031.99 to buy six Brexit-related ads on its platform during last year's European Union referendum vote. The ads in question were purchased during the regulated period for political campaigning in the June 2016 EU Referendum -- specifically from 15 April to 23 June 2016. This nugget of intel into Kremlin political disinformation ops that were centered on the UK's Brexit vote has been released as part of an ongoing internal investigation by Twitter into possible Russian Brexit meddling -- initiated by a request for information from a UK parliamentary committee that's investigating fake news.

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